Slowest 1970 Chevelle build!

[Berg]

I'm trying to hold off. I won't budge on price. I'm doing everything I can to hang onto it. I'm about to buy a house that I can barely afford just to get a garage with it

[Berg]

Well, it is a month later and I didn't sell it. Actually I chased people away from it by telling them everything it needed and everything that was wrong with it-also had a few young punks come look at it and say how they were going to change the "lame ass 14 inch rims" and put some dubs on it and spray paint it some crazy color scheme with racing seats and digital gauges and I decided at that point the car was no longer for sale. I couldn't see this thing get chopped up and made into some ghetto cruiser and then have to look at it from time to time. I know it was also a bad idea but I managed to pick up some more parts for it to help me along. I ended up needing to get an engine for my '99 2500 Suburban (oiling issues) so i now have a Vortec 454 to rebuild for the Chevelle if I ever feel like it. It runs on 87 octane and has provisions for the clutch ball stud already cast into it- just needs to have threads tapped. I already have an adjustable valvetrain and roller rockers along with a Mercruiser cam swap and I have a dual plane aluminum intake manifold with a 750CFM Holley carb that matches up to the Vortec intake ports nicely. I'd say it wouldn't be hard to get 350hp and somewhere around 380 ft-lbs of torque out of it. I did some welding on the drivers side A post to get it stitched up. I think instead of changing them out I'll be patching them. It is going a lot smoother than anticipated and I'll just have to reinstall the molding clips with the screw kit in the catalogs. I doubt i'm going to be able to get away from doing a roof skin but I am going to try to make some patch panels to save it. I've seen people save a lot worse and I feel at this point if I cut the entire skin off the car i will never see it back together while I own it. Patches for now! It is impossible to work on the car where it is and I only had a very small window of making noise to do it. I really need to be able to glue a windshield back into it so I can put the car outside in my own driveway (as much as it sucks to see it outside-it's been out its whole life) and get a fresh coat of primer on it to give it a little protection from the elements.

[earthquake68]

I know how you feel. My '64 has been outside under a tarp for a while now. I FINALLY got rid of another car so I could move the Chevelle inside. Stick with it. All it takes is money and time.

I'm also glad you didn't let some punk ruin a great looking car.

[Berg]

I think those kids were the deciding factor. It would kill me to see it get hacked up. I guess at this point even if I make very little forward progress on it, as long as it isn't getting worse than when I initially got it I can't see it being a problem. Once the glass is in it I can put new weatherstripping in it and keep the cabin and trunk dry. I'll pick up some moisture eliminating buckets for the interior spaces and keep a close eye on them

[smokenjoep01]

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[Berg]

The car is sitting on my friends open car trailer with a car cover and a blue tarp tied down over it. I had a few people come to look at it but no bites. It is sitting without a fuel tank and sending unit and it needs fuel lines to run again. The battery had a cell go bad so it cranks super slow and doesn't hold a charge. I also realized I installed the wrong energy suspension engine mounts so the engine is sitting low. I thought the damper was awful close to the sway bar! The harness issue got worse. I noticed last time I played with it the dash wasn't getting power for some odd reason. I wish I had the money. I'd let the car go for $8,000 if it was going to the right home and it would go with the spare 454 and any/all parts minus the 468/TH400 combo which is going back to my dad. I wish I even had something to barter for the metalwork so I could get a windshield in it again. After that it wouldn't take much to put it back on the road. I got new wheel cylinders and rebuilt calipers with new rotors and pads sitting in the boxes. I already put the new master cylinder in it. We have been getting wacky weather with high winds and rain with a lot of local flooding so everything in life is on hold. I'm currently looking for a roomate and a house to rent with a garage... along with another night job to pay for it all

[earthquake68]

Hang in as best you can. Getting money and a better lifestyle in the next four years is going to be difficult.

[Ms Grumpy]

Berg, I hope that you find what you are looking for. I especially hope that you are able to hang onto your car until you can do everything you want to it.

[Berg]

I finally got around to getting some more pictures off my camera. This is from about a month ago when i pulled it out of the garage and brought it over to my buddy's house. I was going to drive it but I was having some serious electrical gremlins and didn't feel comfortable taking the chance. I guess its a good thing because the drivers side front caliper hung up on it after backing it off the trailer! It looks like it is sitting crooked in the front and rear pictures but that is just because it is off the blacktop on uneven ground. I still got it up for sale but I haven't had anyone who actually has money interested in it. It is OK with me, I'd like to keep it. That happens every time I fire it up and move it around though.

[Berg]

I found this shot of the 621 Bellhousing and clutch fork all cleaned up with the new throwout bearing before I put the engine in.